Billboard



Dec. 7 1926.

W. B. EWING BILLBOARD 2 Sheets-Sheei 1 Filed Sept. 19 1925 INVENTOZ PITTOENEY ljec. 7,1926. 1,609,613

W. B. EWING BILLBOARD Filed Sept. 19 L925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 a a v INVEN'T'QB BY W 4 ATTOEN Patented Dec. 7, 1926.

UNITED STATES WYLIE B. EWING, OF W'I-IEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

BILLBOARD.

Application filed September 19, 1925. Serial No. 57,353.

This invention relates broadly to poster panels, and more specifically to a supporting structure for poster panels, bill boards, and the like. 1

5 The primary object of the invention is to provide a supporting structure for poster panels of the usual road-side type, which 18 simple in form and inexpensive to construct,

and which shall possess great strength and H) durability.

In describing the invention in detail, reference is herein had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation. partially broken, of a poster panel, illustrating the invention employed as a support therefor Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of the same;

Figures 3 and i are enlarged detail sec tions taken, respectively, on lines 33 and 44l, Fig. 2; and- Figure 5 is a plan View of a flattened attaching end of a length of the tubing employed. V I

Referring to said drawings, the usual backing or sheathing of a poster panel 2 of a common type, the same being mounted upon a plurality of horizontal members 3 of the Supporting frame for said panel.

25 1 indicates The supporting structure for the posterpanel comprises a plurality of parallel ver-' tical members 4 formed of metal tubing which are disposed in suitably spaced relation, each of said mei'ubers having its opposite ends flattened, as shown at 5 in Figs. 1, 2 and 5, adapting said ends for attachn'zent, by means of bolts 7 directed therethrough, to the upper end portion of a post 6 or other appropriate support mounted either in the ground or upon a rigid base structure and to the upper of said frame members 3. The intermediate and lower frame me nbers 3 have bolts 8 directed therethrough at opposite sides of each of said tubing members 4, said bolts carrying upon their threaded ends a tie-plate 9 which is tightly clamped against the back of the embraced member by means of nuts 10 carried by said threaded ends.

, Associated with each of the upright tubing members 4 is a downwardly and rearwardly inclined tubular brace 11 having its upper and lower ends flattened for attachment, respectively, to the poster panel frame by means of the same bolts 7 by which the top frame member 3 is attached to the said member 4 and to a post 12 suitably located at a distance rearward of the line of posts 6.

To provide increased strength and rigidity to the parts of the supporting structure described, each of said tubular braces has attached thereto at a suitable point intermediate its ends one end of a tubular tie-rod 13, also of tubular form, which has its opposite end flattened and r'g idly mounted upon one of the posts 6, preferably the nearest of the latter.

The end of the tie-rod 13 which attaches to a brace 11 is flattened or otherwise shaped to form a tongue 14 which is looped around said brace, as shown in 4. ,A bolt 15 is preferably employed to connect the end portion of said tongue to the body of the latter, as shown in said Fig. 4.

It will be noted that the supporting structure described is composed wholly of lengths of tubing and, therefore. that great strength and durability is afforded. Obviously, tubme; having therein flaws and imperfections Bil which render it undesirable for ordinary tubing uses may be employed advantageously in. producing the structure described.

l i hat is claimed is A supporting structure for poster panels having carrying frames, comprising a pluralitv of relatively spaced parallel vertical metal tubes adapted for mounting at their lower ends upon a suitable support. each of said tubes having an upper flattened end for the attachu'ient thereto and the close seating thereon of a panel-carrying frame, an inclined tubular brace with a flattened upper end attached to the said flattened end of each of said vertical tubes. said braces having their lower ends flattened for attachment to supports located rearward of the first mentioned supports. and a tubular tie rod connected at one end to each of said braces intermediate the ends of the latter and inclining thence forward and downwa'rd for attachment at its opposite end to one of the mentioned supports.

In testimony whereof, I alfix my signature.

WYLIE B. EWING. 

